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Don't buy foreign cars or let foreign countries eat the cost.“Steep tariffs of 25% on vehicles imported into the United States went into effect early Thursday morning, as international leaders reacted to and markets reeled from President Donald Trump's announcement hours earlier of even more sweeping tariffs set to begin later this week and next week.
The auto tariffs, which apply to imported cars, SUVs, minivans, cargo vans and light trucks, could raise car prices by thousands of dollars, according to experts.
Overall, half of the approximately 16 million vehicles purchased in the U.S. last year were imported, according to the White House.
… Tariffs of 25% on key imported auto parts, including engines and electrical components, were set to go into effect later. …”
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US tariffs on imported autos go into effect as markets reel from Trump's trade escalation
International markets reeled from President Donald Trump's announcement hours earlier of even more sweeping tariffs set to begin later this week and next.abcnews.go.com
Yeah, maybe you are right about tariffs and every single economist and financial expert in the world is wrong.Don't buy foreign cars or let foreign countries eat the cost.
That, according to this chart from Capital Economics, would take the effective tariff rate higher than under the infamous Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.Stepping back, the main message from President Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement was that US tariffs were increased by more than even we had anticipated. Since election day, we have built our forecasts on an assumed that the US would impose a tariff of 60% on imports from China and 10% on imports from all other countries. That would take the effective US tariff rate to around 17%.
Instead, the system of reciprocal tariffs that was announced, together with the additional product-specific tariffs that appear imminent, will take the effective US tariff rate to just under 25%.
We don't need coffee from Indonesia. Indonesia needs US products.